Solar thermal plant for generating electrical power and heat in adverse northern regions e.g. central and northern Europe,

摘要

The system contains several parabolic channels (2) arranged parallel to each other in a container (10) closed at the top by a glass plate (3). The channels are rotatable about non-rotating absorber tubes (1) so as to track the sun. The working medium is passed through the absorber tubes in which it is directly vaporised. The vaporised working medium from the absorber tubes is collected in a thermally insulated tube (7) connected to each absorber tube. The generated vapour is used to produce kinetic energy and the resultant heat is used to produce hot water.